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QE will stem euro-area contagion from Greece for now

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EURO-AREA

The likelihood of financial contagion from Greece.

Balkan banks will raise Greek contagion fears

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EUROPE

The loan let Greece make a scheduled payment to the ECB and settle arrears to the IMF. It is part of the agreement in principle with Greece's international lenders for a third…

Euro-area reforms will reinforce fiscal consolidation

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EU

The reforms would allow the ESM, which provides emergency loans to distressed member states, to offer greater assistance to banks and enhance its capacity to design and implement…

Risk of Greek euro exit has risen but is still small

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GREECE

The prospects for Greek departure from the euro-area.

Eastern EU members hedge bets after Brexit vote

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EU

Reactions to Brexit among eastern EU member states.

Rome-Brussels confrontation to go beyond 2019 budget

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ITALY/EU

That plan -- sent to the Commission on October 15 -- encompasses a significant fiscal easing. The Italian government must reply by October 22.

Lifting COVID-19 measures may hit resilient eastern EU

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EU

Available second-quarter data indicate a shallower recession in most of the eleven eastern EU member states (EU-11) than the rest of the EU in January-June. This may be due to a…

Cypriot bank consolidation may help reduce bad loans

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CYPRUS

The move raises Hellenic Bank’s market share and considerably improves its asset quality, and followed an announcement by market leader Bank of Cyprus on August 28 that it had…

Northern EU countries may lose influence post-Brexit

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EU

The impact of Brexit on northern European countries.

Italian economy faces tougher challenges in 2022

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ITALY

This fast growth will more than offset the impact of the pandemic, which pulled down real output by 8.9% in 2020. Nevertheless, there are significant downside risks associated…